Herizons, October 1st, 2006
THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD Zora Neale Hurston FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1937
Review by Stacey Kauder
In a period when black authors wrote about political issues and slavery, Zora Neale Hurston gave voice to the experiences of African Americans using folklore, cultural traditions and, more importantly, black vernacular. Originally criticized for their departure from typical black writings, Hurston's works, varying from fiction, to folklore, to anthropology, were relinquished to the past in favour of more conventional male authors-until 1975, when Alice Walker wrote her historical essay, "In Search...
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